When I first met Justin, I remember wanting badly to make
him a cake (gifts are my love language and delicious-yet-healthy treats are my food language, so by the transitive properties of gifting-love-dom... umm... nevermind). I remember standing in the baking aisle at Jewel, with him on the
phone. There I was, staring right at a box of carrot cake mix, and I asked him…
“Do you like carrot cake?” His response?
It’s not my favorite.

Woe is me. I guess we’ll go with Chocolate, then..

So, when I suggested trying out and altering a Carrot Cake Milkshake recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie, I was utterly surprised at his response: Let’s do it! Looks delicious.

In fact, it was even his idea, after returning from doing
the Body By Science workout at the gym, to turn it into a protein shake. And so
we did.

Protein shakes are something I’m working on for you guys…
because I want to show you that protein shakes should be utterly delicious. So
here’s “Episode Two” (For episode one , check out peanut butter banana protein
shakes). Because it should not only be good FOR you, but it should also TASTE
good, too!

Carrot Cake Protein Shake

Servings: 2

Calories Per Serving: 216

Protein Per Serving: 21.8 g

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Weight Watchers Points (Old): 4

Weight Watchers Points Plus (New): 5

Ingredients (makes two, so cut it in half if you only want one... or you can opt to chill the second glass for the next day!):

1 large banana, frozen (it will save you a headache if you peel it, then put it in a bag and freeze it... but if you forget, you can always peel it afterward with a knife and your very very frozen fingers)

1 cup milk (skim milk or unsweetened vanilla almond milk are both great, but any milk substitute will also work -- just be aware that slight flavor changes will come with any major substitutions!) **Caloric information compiled using unsweetened vanilla almond milk

2 servings protein powder (Just use the prescribed amount per persoof powder for one "serving" of your particular brand)

2 tsp pure Vanilla Extract

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 small carrot (or two baby carrots), peeled

Tiny dash of salt

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender

Add a few cubes of ice only if your blender is good enough to chop them all up!